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Smart Phone Controlled Robot

Chaithra.K 1, SalmaBanu2, Rudresh.T3
1,2,3Student, Dept. of E&C Engineering, RVCE, Karnataka, India

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Abstract - Robots are machines to execute different task 2. LITERATURE REVIEW
repeatedly with high precision. They are used in many
situation like collecting information and studies about the  Mohamed et.al. introduced a Pick and place
hazardous sites which is too risky to send human inside. The robotic arm controlled by Computer vision. Here
proposed design can pick and place objects safely from one the robot picks the object at a specific orientation
place to another. A robotic arm is designed using Aurdino to only. The gripper used here is a mechanical
perform pick and place the objects via Bluetooth commands. gripper. So it can’t handle the object safely.
The robot gripper is cable of holding the objects in its jaw Objects in a specific orientation is only picked up
and safely place from one place to another. The movement by the robotic arm.
of robot is controlled by android based smart phone. The
 T Yoshimi et.al. introducing a system for picking
robot receives commands from the application. All the
up operation of thin objects by robotic arm with
actions or the tasks are controlled by Aurdino micro
two fingered parallel gripper. Thin objects like
controller with a pair of motor drivers. The robot consist of
paper and plastic cards are picked up by this
four motors, a pair for the direction control, a motor for the
robotic arm. The objects may slide down due to
holding and unholding of the gripper and another motor for
the use of parallel gripper. This method does not
opening and closing of the gripper.
provide safety of the object.
Key Words: SMS- Short Message Service, GSM- Global  Anush et.al introduced design and fabrication of
System for Mobile, RF- Radio Frequency, IC- Integrated pick and place robotic arm to be used in library.
Circuits, USB- Universal Serial Bus, USART-Universal Here the robots pick the books from library and
Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter. places it in the destination. RFID tags are used to
identify the books. The system is capable of doing
1.INTRODUCTION when it is a line following robot, each RFID has its
own path and this makes the robot complex.
Robot is a machine that performs work to assist people. It
deals with the design of robots manufacture and  N F Begum et. Al introducing an autonomous
applications. Robots consist of five major components, android controlled robot design using wireless
they are- computer which acts as the brain, effectors energy. In this system works according to voice
which are arms and legs of the robot, actuators that commands or speech delivered by the user and
activate physical action and sensors that receive the robotic arm is capable of picking the objects of
information about the surrounding environment and any type orientation. RF technology is used so line
mechanical fixtures which performs overall robot of sight is a major constraint in communication.
hardware. Robots play very important role in the modern 3. BLOCK DIAGRAM
world as they are involved in assisting laborer’s in
industry to involving in human rescue operations under
critical situations. Now-a days in the modern world,
industries are focusing of unmanned or an computerized
devices to operate to increase productivity and delivery of
the final products with greater quality in a shorter period
of time. These robots can be fast, accurate and with almost
zero error in performing the task. It cost less to operate
than a human labor to do the same task. The proposed
robot model can pick and place objects from source to
destination. The movement of robot is controlled using
android based smart phone. The android device has a
Bluetooth controller application installed. Robot will
operate based on the Bluetooth commands. The over all Fig-1: Block diagram of Pick and Place Robot
actions of motor drivers, Bluetooth controller is controlled
by Aurdino microcontroller. The proposed model is designed to control the pick and
place robot using android based smart phone. Bluetooth is
interfaced to the control unit for sensing the signals

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transmitted by the android application. The data signals analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a USB
are serially passed to the control unit which makes the connection, a power jack, onboard voltage regulator, ICSP
movement of robot. The Aurdino controller is used as a header, and a reset button to power it with AC to DC
controlling element in the model. An android device is adapter.
connected to the Bluetooth module and commands are
passed from the smart phone for the actions of motors. Bluetooth: the HC 05 bluetooth is majorily interfaced with
The motors are connected to the controller through motor aurdino or microcontrollers, which can add two way(full
drivers. On passing high signals motor drivers activate. duplex) Wirless functionality. This module can be used to
The program on the Aurdino controller is interfaced to the communicate between two microcontrollers like aurdino
serial data to generate respective output based on the or communicate with any device with bluetooth
input data to operate the motors through motor driver IC. functionality like a phone or laptop. The module
communicates with the help of USART at 9600 baud rate .
4. SOFTWARE DESIGN AND FLOW CHART
Motor drivers: the L298D motor driver module is a high
power motor driver module for driving DC motors. This
module consist of an L298D motor driver and a 78M05 5V
regulator. It can control upto 4 DC motors or 2 DC motors
with directional and speed control.

5. IMPLEMENTATION

Fig-2: Software design and Flow chart

Specifications: In designing of a pick and place robot, it

is very imporatnt to know the design specifications. This
gives the information required to the design. The various
parameter like supply voltage, type of motor drivers, type
of micro controller, sensors, softwares used in the
designing etc… Fig-3: Circuit connections
Design methodolgy: This block gives various methods A robotic arm is designed using Aurdino to perform pick
that can be used to achieve the required design and place the objects via Bluetooth commands. The robot
specification. In the model proposed, it makes use of an gripper is cable to holding the objects in its jaw and safely
microcontroller with a set of motor drivers, blueetooth place from one place to another. The movement of robot is
module to control the actions of the robot. controlled by android based smart phone controlled
Design Implementation: The implementation section through Bluetooth controller. The robot receives
gives clear idea of implementing the proposed design commands from the application. All the actions or the
methodlogy. The designed model is implemented using tasks are controlled by an Aurdino micro controller with a
both harware and software. pair of motor drivers. The robot consist of four motors, a
pair for the direction control, a motor of the holding and
Hardware Implementation: the hardwares used in the un holding of the gripper and another motor for opening
model is aurdino controller for control unit. A pair of motor and closing of the gripper.
drivers to drive the motors, a bluetooth module for passing
the signals to the android, and an android device to 7. RESULTS
remotely operate the robot.
The proposed design can pick and place objects safely
Software Development: Developing a efficient and a
from one place to another. The below figure shows the
accurate application is very important because the robot is
layout of the Bluetooth controller application for android
controlled via the application software. An application
and the hardware module of the project.
need to be developed with the keys with up Down, forward,
backward, hold, unhold, pick, place keys.
5. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

Aurdino controller: the Aurdino Uno is a microcontroller

board based on the Atmega328P. it has 14 digital
input/output pins(of which 6 be used as PWM output), 6

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9. ABOUT FUTURE SCOPE:

As robots can be used in lot of rescue operations, the pick

and place robot can be used as a rescue robot in the
natural disaster by using a suitable gripper to lift the
human. The gripper should be safe enough to lift the
human. The detection of human is done by placing sensor
to the grippers. So once when it is identified it has to
intimate concerned people through GSM either through
via a recorded phone call or SMS.

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